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on behalf of Todd Ehlers and Friedhelm von
Blanckenburg I post the following 17 PhD positions
within the DFG funded priority program Earth Shape.<br>
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With kind regards,<br>
Carsten Mueller<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:green">17 PhD Positions</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:green">EarthShape:
Earth Surface Shaping by Biota. </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:green">A
German-Chilean Priority Program in the
Chilean Coast Range</span></b></p>
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<div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">The new German
Priority Program (Schwerpunktprogramm der DFG)
1803 €œEarthShape:€“ Earth Surface Shaping by
Biota€ will explore how biologic processes
form soil, influence topography, and thereby
shape the Earth surface. You will work in a
consortium of 13 interdisciplinary projects
comprising <b>17 new PhD positions</b> and
3 Postdocs that encompass the fields Geology,
Ecology, Soil Sciences, Geography,
Microbiology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry.
EarthShape research will be conducted at <b>four study sites within in the
Chilean Coastal Range </b>that features one
of Earth’s most spectacular vegetation
gradients and is controlled by climate ranging
from hyper-arid to humid temperate. It is a
natural laboratory to study how biology and
topography interact. You will be trained in
interdisciplinary methods and conduct joint
field work and training workshops. </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">The
program is coordinated by Todd Ehlers (</span><a href="mailto:todd.ehlers@uni-tuebingen.de" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></a><a href="mailto:todd.ehlers@uni-tuebingen.de" target="_blank">todd.ehlers@uni-tuebingen.de</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">) and Friedhelm von Blanckenburg (</span><a href="mailto:fvb@gfz-potsdam.de" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></a><a href="mailto:fvb@gfz-potsdam.de" target="_blank">fvb@gfz-potsdam.de</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">). Interested applicants should
contact the supervisors at the potential host
institutions (see list below, these will also
handle your applications). An MSc or Diplom
degree is required for admission into PhD
programs at German Universities. Projects
will begin between January and March 2016 and
are funded for three years. The application
deadline for most positions is around October
15, 2015. Additional information about each
position and contact information the
supervisor is available on the €œPositions
open€ link at </span><a href="http://www.earthshape.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></a><a href="http://www.earthshape.net" target="_blank">www.earthshape.net</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
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The available PhD positions, work locations,
and supervisors are as follows:</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 1a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Experimental
investigation of interactive plant-trait and
climate effects on soil carbon inputs.
University of Marburg (Prof. Maaike Bader)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 2a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Coupled landscape
evolution and dynamic vegetation modeling
from the Last Glacial Maximum to present.
University of Tuebingen (Prof. Todd Ehlers;
co-supervisor Thomas Hickler).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 2b:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> Dynamic modeling of
vegetation changes in Chile from the Last
Glacial Maximum to present. Senckenberg
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
(BiK-F) and Goethe University,
Frankfurt/Main (Prof. Thomas Hickler;
co-supervisor Todd Ehlers)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 4a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Modelling and budgeting
sediment transport, storage and connectivity
- biotic effect. University of Bonn (Dr.
Thomas Hoffmann, co-supervisor: Prof. Lothar
Schrott) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 5a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Physiological,
biochemical and molecular-taxonomical
studies on biocrust organisms. University of
Rostock (Prof. Karsten</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">;
c</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">o-supervisor:
Prof. Buedel);</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 5b: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Geoecological,
ecophysiological and taxonomical studies of
biocrust. University of Kaiserslautern </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Prof. Buedel; co-supervisor:
Prof. Bendix)</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 5c: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Chemical
analyses of proxies for weathering intensity
and investigation of biocrusts in P cycling.
University of Rostock</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Prof.
Leinweber; co-supervisor: Prof. Karsten)</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 5d: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Climatic
control of biocrusts, and
multi-/hyperspectral detection of crusts by
remote sensing for selected catchments.
University of Marburg</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">Prof. Bendix; co-supervisor:
Prof. Buedel)</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 6a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="DE">Analysis of
root carbon contribution to nutrient
mobilization in the weathering zone.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="DE"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="DE">Georg-August-University
of Goettingen (Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov;
co-supervisor Prof. Anna Gorbushina).</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 7a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Holocene palaeoclimate
reconstruction of Northern Chile based on
sedimentary archives. University Heidelberg
(Prof. Bertil Maechtle, Dr. Karsten
Schittek)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 8a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Geophysical
characterization (GPR and EMI) of the
weathering front on hillslopes in
combination with geochemical proxies.
Forschungszentrum Juelich (Prof. Jan van der
Kruk; co-supervisor Dr. Mirjam Schaller)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 9a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Testing biotic controls
on erosion and sediment transport with
cosmogenic nuclides and river incision
modeling. GFZ Potsdam</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">(Prof. Dirk Scherler,
co-supervisor Dr. Eva Nora Mueller)</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 10a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Soil phosphorus<b> </b>solubilization by
microorganisms and plants at different
stages of soil development.<b> </b>University
of Bayreuth, Germany (Dr. Marie Spohn). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 11a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Separating climate,
vegetation and geochemical effects on
nutrient cycling along a climate gradient.
University of Tuebingen. (Prof. K.
Tielbuerger, Prof. Y. Oelmann, Prof. L.
Cavieres) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 12a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Employing innovative
isotope geochemical systems to identify how
roots and fungi take up mineral nutrients
and convert rock to soil.<b> </b>GFZ
Potsdam (Prof Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;
co-supervisors: Dr. Jens Boy, Prof. Georg
Guggenberger)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 13a: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Understanding of
microbial communities and the impact of
their metabolic processes on the development
of a soil.<b> </b>GFZ, Potsdam,
Germany (Prof. Dirk Wagner)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">PhD 13b: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Understanding of
microbial-mediated soil formation processes
and their relationship to soil erosion<b>. </b>University of Tuebingen
(Prof. Thomas Scholten and Dr. Peter Kuehn)</span></p>
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